The wait is over! After a 20-year hiatus, IDW returns to the original Transformers comic book universe, picking up right where 1991's Transformers #80 left off!As part of this year's Free Comic Book Day event, IDW publishes Regeneration One #80.5, which bridges the gap between #80 and #81 (which will be released in July). Written by Simon Furman, with artwork by Andrew Wildman and Stephen Baskerville, you can trust that this continuation will be faithful to the original Marvel Transformers series.

I have pre-ordered a limited quantity, and am offering it to all Nordic customers only - you get the issue for free, but I'm charging for the postage costs (limit one per customer). Subscriptions to the upcoming series, which starts in July, are also available. (Apologies to the non-Nordic fans for the regional restriction. The books aren't actually free for retailers to order, so I have to draw the line somewhere.)

Apart from Regeneration One #80.5 May is a quite average month, offering only the continuation of the many Transformers and G.I. Joe titles, plus two G.I. Joe paperbacks.On the Transformers side we have More Than Meets The Eye #5 and Transformers: Robots in Disguise #5, and on the G.I. Joe side the line-up consists of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #178, G.I. Joe #13, Snake-Eyes & Storm Shadow #13 and Cobra #13, plus the two paperbacks G.I. Joe Retaliation Movie Prequel and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, volume 4.

Is it bad style for me to just wait for the trade paperback on the re-booted Furman/Wildman series instead of getting all the single issues? Or am I a product of the times when I think this? The 5-page preview looks really, really good so my main gripe is whether I can wait the 6 months or whatever before the TPB comes out.

But then again, I've only just recently started watching the Beast Wars series, so waiting a few years (or 15!) hasn't deterred me yet...

argh.. way to go offline with the steady internet connection again at the moment like this.. (for the next three months at least, i can not use computer in the work. we have been movet out from the staff room in to the barrakcs because of the renovations of the shop..)

i hope Lars can still send me emails about the new comics, so i don't loose any issues.. (yes, i can use the computer in library, but i don't want to go to city everyday.. )

aaahhh... i'm so waiting about this new comic to come to my creedy hands..

Is it bad style for me to just wait for the trade paperback on the re-booted Furman/Wildman series instead of getting all the single issues? Or am I a product of the times when I think this?

It is the cheaper option of the two. More space efficient too . I personally go for every alternative cover out there I can get my hands on, plus the TPB. I don't know if that's a sign of the times or simply a sign of being a bit "out there" . Once a collector, always a collector, I guess.

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**MAY 1987 - MAY 2015 - CELEBRATING 28 YEARS AS A TRANSFORMERS COLLECTOR**

argh.. way to go offline with the steady internet connection again at the moment like this.. (for the next three months at least, i can not use computer in the work. we have been movet out from the staff room in to the barrakcs because of the renovations of the shop..)

There's plenty of time for you and everyone else to order the new series. I realize that it's not evident from the order form, but since the main series doesn't start until July (which means that #81 will be offered in May) there's plenty of time to place an order for a subscription. The inclusion on this month's order form is mainly for 80.5, since it is time to order that issue, and I knew that many people would also want to order a subscription at the same time.

Then of course, since you're a regular customer of the NTFA Store you don't even need to manually order #80.5. As I mentioned to the customers in a newsletter while back, you will already get it automatically. That's a bonus that you get for being a regular customer.

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i hope Lars can still send me emails about the new comics, so i don't loose any issues.. (yes, i can use the computer in library, but i don't want to go to city everyday.. )

No need to worry. Another bonus of being a customer is that I keep track of what you have ordered and not, and even if you have forgotten to place a monthly order (those who order individual issues on a monthly but regular basis) or forgotten to extend a subscription that expires, I try to contact you to remind you and then usually place an order for those copies anyway unless you have said otherwise.

i hope Lars can still send me emails about the new comics, so i don't loose any issues.. (yes, i can use the computer in library, but i don't want to go to city everyday.. )

No need to worry. Another bonus of being a customer is that I keep track of what you have ordered and not, and even if you have forgotten to place a monthly order (those who order individual issues on a monthly but regular basis) or forgotten to extend a subscription that expires, I try to contact you to remind you and then usually place an order for those copies anyway unless you have said otherwise.